The False Prophet
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Hi kids,
I've been at great pains to find a new pair of skinny, dark, dry jeans lately, and I've tried all the usual suspects. Nudie Slim Jim and Thin Finn, Acne Max, Imperial Dukes, etc etc. None of them really did it for me - I liked the fit of Finns, but the stretch denim annoyed the hell out of me. And they were SO blue, as were the Imperials. The Max were more promising, but they didn't seem to be worth their exorbitant price tag, and the store was out of my size, leaving me with the even more expensive and less slim Mic, or nothing.
Until I found a place selling Cheap Monday Dry Tight jeans. My first impressions were
a) they look really tight
b) they kinda remind me of old Jil Sander jeans
c) AUD$115 - GodDAMN.
The denim has a slightly textured finish, and they are tight but quite comfortable on, and not too constricting. Their sizes run a little small, such that my usual 29" wouldn't go on at all. I tried a 30", which fit but felt a bit girly (the models are unisex).
At 32" they seem to have made the fit a little more masculine, the rise is a bit higher, and the hems are a little bigger (about 22cm I think, as against perhaps 19cm). They actually remind me quite a lot of the Thin Finns fit (and - dare I say - Dior Homme), relatively capacious up top, but with narrow hems. The smaller size wouldn't go over my boots properly, and it would have been a stretch even with Chucks.
I've read some criticisms of CMs here and on other fora, suggesting amongst other things, that they've got a high polyester content. I'm not sure about the jackets, but I'm happy to say that these jeans are 98% cotton, 2% elastane. The non-dry models I looked at were 100% cotton.
They feel very hardy too - I can't imagine these ripping in the crotch etc. The yellow stitching contrasts just so with the blue of the denim, to look chic rather than garish. The rivets are blackish, and inscribed "Over Min Doda Kropp ", which seems to be their slogan, and I surmise is Swedish for "Over My Dead Body" - to go with some of their macabre imagery on their shirts etc. The back pockets are large, flat, and mercifully unadorned. The patch on the waistband is white cloth with a cool intricate illustration on it. More recent ones have a leather patch with the CM logo on it like this.
One peculiarity about these is that they'll shrink with the first wash by about 7% apparently. I guess this has to do with the weave. I'm thinking about washing them straight away, inside out in hot water, in the hope that they'll shrink a little in length and fit a bit tighter in the upper legs.
Anyway, I'm a very happy customer, and will gladly recommend them as an alternative to the quickly becoming ubiquitous Nudies. To me, they do what Nudies were meant to in the first place - offer a stripped back and minimalist alternative to designer labels.
I'll post some pics when I get the chance.
Cheers,
Eden
I've been at great pains to find a new pair of skinny, dark, dry jeans lately, and I've tried all the usual suspects. Nudie Slim Jim and Thin Finn, Acne Max, Imperial Dukes, etc etc. None of them really did it for me - I liked the fit of Finns, but the stretch denim annoyed the hell out of me. And they were SO blue, as were the Imperials. The Max were more promising, but they didn't seem to be worth their exorbitant price tag, and the store was out of my size, leaving me with the even more expensive and less slim Mic, or nothing.
Until I found a place selling Cheap Monday Dry Tight jeans. My first impressions were
a) they look really tight
b) they kinda remind me of old Jil Sander jeans
c) AUD$115 - GodDAMN.
The denim has a slightly textured finish, and they are tight but quite comfortable on, and not too constricting. Their sizes run a little small, such that my usual 29" wouldn't go on at all. I tried a 30", which fit but felt a bit girly (the models are unisex).
At 32" they seem to have made the fit a little more masculine, the rise is a bit higher, and the hems are a little bigger (about 22cm I think, as against perhaps 19cm). They actually remind me quite a lot of the Thin Finns fit (and - dare I say - Dior Homme), relatively capacious up top, but with narrow hems. The smaller size wouldn't go over my boots properly, and it would have been a stretch even with Chucks.
I've read some criticisms of CMs here and on other fora, suggesting amongst other things, that they've got a high polyester content. I'm not sure about the jackets, but I'm happy to say that these jeans are 98% cotton, 2% elastane. The non-dry models I looked at were 100% cotton.
They feel very hardy too - I can't imagine these ripping in the crotch etc. The yellow stitching contrasts just so with the blue of the denim, to look chic rather than garish. The rivets are blackish, and inscribed "Over Min Doda Kropp ", which seems to be their slogan, and I surmise is Swedish for "Over My Dead Body" - to go with some of their macabre imagery on their shirts etc. The back pockets are large, flat, and mercifully unadorned. The patch on the waistband is white cloth with a cool intricate illustration on it. More recent ones have a leather patch with the CM logo on it like this.
One peculiarity about these is that they'll shrink with the first wash by about 7% apparently. I guess this has to do with the weave. I'm thinking about washing them straight away, inside out in hot water, in the hope that they'll shrink a little in length and fit a bit tighter in the upper legs.
Anyway, I'm a very happy customer, and will gladly recommend them as an alternative to the quickly becoming ubiquitous Nudies. To me, they do what Nudies were meant to in the first place - offer a stripped back and minimalist alternative to designer labels.
I'll post some pics when I get the chance.
Cheers,
Eden